NABC Time-Out Magazine - Summer 2022

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES SUMMER 2022

Kansas head coach Bill Self cuts down the nets after winning 2022 NCAA National Championship game photo courtesy of USA Today

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First four® . march 15-16 First/second rounds . march 17-20 REGIONALS . march 24-27 . Greenville, SC .Seattle, wa women’s final four® . march 31 & april 2 . Dallas, tx

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COLUMNS & FEATURES 2022-23 NABC Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2021-22 National Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Whether It’s Good or Bad, Change is Here Rick Leddy

2021-22 Coaches of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2021-22 Honor Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Coaches vs. Cancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Suits and Sneakers/Set the Screen Campaign

2021-22 Special Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NCAA Eligibility Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Extends COVID-19 Waiver Relief Again

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______________________________________________ NABC EXECUTIVE STAFF Craig Robinson Executive Director Nate Pomeday Associate Executive Director Troy Hilton Senior Director of Corporate Relations and Association Affairs Stephanie Whitcher Chief Financial Officer Rick Leddy Senior Director of Communications Ebony Donahue Director of Membership Services Mark Heatherman Senior Director of Special Events Janelle Guidry Director of Convention Wade Hageman Director of Corporate Relations Jenna Wright Director of Convention Housing Eric Wieberg Director of Digital & Social Media Elian Rodriguez Operations Specialist Cameron Almaraz McLendon Minority Leadership Fellow

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2021-22 Players of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Class of 2022 Revealed

National High School Basketball Coaches Association. . . . . . . 24 2022 NHSBCA Update Dave Archer, Executive Director NHSBCA

First four® . march 14-15 . dayton, oh First/second rounds . march 16 & 18 . birmingham, al des moines, ia . orlando, fl . sacramento, ca first/second rounds . march 17 & 19 . albany, ny columbus, oh . denver, co . greensboro, nc REGIONALS . march 23 & 25 . lAS veGAS, NV . nEW yoRK, ny REGIONALS . march 24 & 26 . Kansas City, Mo . Louisville, KY MEN’S FINAL FOUR® . APRIL 1 & 3 . HOUSTON, TX

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This Season was a Different Kind of Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Stacy Hollowell, Loyola University -New Orleans Head Coach Coach’s Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2v2 Appropriate Josh Merkel, Head Coach, Randolph-Macon College Coach’s Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 26 Bullet Points on What I have Learned as a Head Coach Dip Metress, Head Coach, Augusta University

2022-23 NABC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gary Stewart, President, Stevenson University Lennie Acuff, 1st Vice President, Lipscomb University John Calipari, 2nd Vice President, Secretary University of Kentucky Matt Margenthaler, 3rd Vice President, Minnesota State University Tommy Amaker, 4th Vice President, Harvard University Frank Martin, Director, University of Massachusetts Matt Painter, Director, Purdue University Bob Huggins, Director, West Virginia University Cuonzo Martin, Director Pat Estepp, Director, Cedarville University Mike McGrath, Director, University of Chicago Anthony Grant, Director, University of Dayton Shaka Smart, Director, Marquette University Mark Few, Director, Gonzaga University Tad Boyle, Director, University of Colorado Mike Schauer, Director, Wheaton College Ryan Moody, Director, Benedictine College KS Charlie Brock, Past President, Springfield College - Retired Jamie Dixon, Past President, TCU Tom Izzo, Director Emeritus, Michigan State University Phil Martelli, Director Emeritus, University of Michigan Thom McDonald, Director, NJCAA and Two-Year Colleges Dave Archer, Director, National High School Basketball Coaches Association

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Craig Robinson, NABC Executive Director Nate Pomeday, NABC Associate Executive Director D ennis Coleman, General Counsel, Ropes and Gray LLP D an Gavitt, NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball Kevin Lennon, NCAA Vice President of Division I J udy MacLeod, Conference USA Commissioner and Chair, NCAA Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee Brian Welch, CPA, Welch and Associates LLC

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FROM THE EDITOR, Rick Leddy

Whether it’s Good or Bad, Change is Here Gary Stewart President Stevenson University

Lennie Acuff First Vice President Lipscomb University

John Calipari, Second Vice President/Secretary University of Kentucky

Matt Margenthaler Third Vice President, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tommy Amaker, Fourth Vice President John Thompson III Harvard University

I was born and raised in Connecticut and have lived in the state for all my life. My wife and I have three children, living in state, and just this month welcomed our seventh grandchild. It’s a very close-knit group of four girls and three boys with the oldest just turning five, and we hope that it stays that way throughout their lifetime.

A couple of centuries ago, Connecticut earned the nickname “The Land of Steady Habits”. One reason is that its meaning has proven to be remarkably elastic, capable of changing with the times, the issues, and the attitudes of its users. (1Walter W. Woodward for Connecticut Explored)

Frank Martin, Director University of Massachusetts

Matt Painter, Director Purdue University

Bob Huggins, Director West Virginia University

Cuonzo Martin, Director

Pat Estepp, Director Cedarville University

Through the years, the state has shown an ability to promote change including in high school and college sports. The UConn men’s and women’s basketball teams have enjoyed great success with the Husky women winning 11 NCAA national titles and the UConn men having earned four NCAA championships.

On June 30, 2021, the NCAA adopted the name, image and likeness (NIL), enabling collegiate athletes to benefit in all three divisions.

Mike McGrath, Director University of Chicago

Anthony Grant, Director University of Dayton

Shaka Smart, Director Marquette University

Mark Few, Director Gonzaga University

Tad Boyle, Director University of Colorado

UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers, the NCAA women’s national player of the year as a freshman in 2020-21, was the first college athlete selected to represent Gatorade with a contract that could surpass $1 million. And that’s just one of the companies she represents.

It all sounds pretty sweet for the athletes. Football quarterbacks earning millions and even high schoolers raking in cash from local businesses.

Mike Schauer, Director Wheaton College

Ryan Moody, Director Benedictine College KS

Charlie Brock Past President Springfield College -Retired

Jamie Dixon Past President TCU

Tom Izzo, Director Emeritus Michigan State University

There may, however, be some competitive advantages.

The legislation allows for the NCAA athletes to be able to monetize NIL if the process is consistent with the laws of the state where the school is located.

Those laws adopted in the states, however, have proven to be very different, affecting the competitive balance in recruiting. Many coaches and athletic administrators have been lobbying members of Congress to adopt a bill to oversee NIL nationwide, but it does not seem to have gotten much traction.

The whole process has come down to a test of creativity.

There is more money in the locker rooms, and this could be used as a recruiting inducement.

Phil Martelli, Director Emeritus University of Michigan

Thom McDonald, Director NJCAA & Two-Year Colleges

Dave Archer, Director NHSBCA

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The mental health of the athletes is also a major challenge. Athletes are transferring at high rates, even as freshman and sophomores, many who want more playing time. What happened to waiting out a year and maturing to earn that playing time?

The NCAA transfer portal is filled with athletes, men and women, looking to transfer. The reality in this proves that often leaving one school doesn’t necessarily make things better, especially on the academic side.

Purdue head coach Matt Painter, who serves on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee, has called for the rules to change and not allow transfers for the first two years. That would allow the athletes to have a solid footing with experience on the court and in the classroom.

Many of the more than 1,000 men’s basketball players entering the portal are taken but many have difficulty finding a new college or university. This also is troubling for the scholastic players trying to land a scholarship when coaches may look for more experienced players in the portal.

Most recently, the NCAA Division I Council has recommended to allow multiple transfers without penalty. This recommendation, brought forward by the NCAA Transformation Committee, now moves on to the Division I Board of Directors, who meet on August 3.

There is a lot of change going on in our world overall and in men’s college basketball. Now with major conferences expanding dramatically, the entire landscape of Division I basketball is rebuilding. We can only hope that the changes will not greatly affect the Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Let’s not eliminate programs like St. Peter’s, Belmont and Loyola Baltimore who have been a great part of the greatest tournament in sports .

This year marked the first time since 1986 that I have not worked at the NCAA Tournament and NABC Convention. I had shoulder surgery in March which kept me at home to rehab. Thanks to my great colleagues on the NABC staff for picking up some extra duties to make the 2022 NABC Convention another memorable event.

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NCAA DIVISION II NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE

NCAA DIVISION III RANDOLPH–MACON

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OSCAR TSHIEBWE Kentucky

Northwest Missouri State

TREVOR HUDGINS

RYAN TURELL

TOMMY LLOYD Arizona

Northwest Missouri State

BEN McCOLLUM

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NABC HONOR AWARDS Each year, the NABC presents Honor Awards to member coaches who reached significant milestones in their careers, beginning with 300 victories.

The 2021-22 season was especially significant as Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University’s Hall of Fame coach, retired after 48 seasons with a NCAA record 1,202 career wins.

Here are all the NABC member coaches who received Honor Awards following the 202122 season.

1,200 Wins: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University 800 Wins: Rocky Lamar, MidAmerica Nazarene University 700 Wins: Dana Altman, University of Oregon: Bill Muse, Connors State College 600 Wins: Mark Corino, Caldwell University; Dick Peth, Wartburg College; Jerry Carillo, Cochise College; Scott Schumacher, Blinn College 500 Wins: Ron Cottrell, Houston Baptist University; Guy Kalland, Carleton College; Kris Korver, Northwestern College; Arthur Wynder, Nassau Community College; Clif Wegner, Clackamas Community College; Joe Kuhn, Joliet Junior College

2022 NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year

Oscar Tshiebwe

400 Wins: Tim Miles, San Jose State University; Tom Crean, University of Georgia; Rick Stansbury, Western Kentucky University; Scott Drew, Baylor University; Dan Monson, Long Beach State University; Matt Painter, Purdue University; Bart Lundy, Queens University (Milwaukee 2022-23); Mike MacDonald, Daemen University; Mark Johnson, Fort Hays State University; Joe Farroba, Bridgewater State University; Brad McAlester, Lebanon Valley University; Ken Scalmanini, ClaremontMudd-Scripps; John Thompson, North Carolina Wesleyan; Dennis Schaefer, Grand View University; James Baker, Cabarrus High School (NC) 300 Wins: Jim Les, UC Davis; Randy Rahe, Weber State University; Porter Moser, University of Oklahoma; Tad Boyle, University of Colorado; Andy Kennedy, UAB; Ed Cooley, Providence College; Buzz Williams, Texas A&M University; Rusty Osborne, University of Alaska Anchorage; Mike Donnelly, Florida Southern College; Andy Sharpe, Southern Arkansas University; Clark Sheehy, Southwest Baptist University; John Krikorian, Christopher Newport University; Joe Loughran, Rutgers-Newark; Mark Hester, Indiana University East; Troy Larson, Iowa Lakes Community College; Jerre Cole, Highland Community College

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2022 NABC Defensive Player of the Year (presented by Marriott Bonvoy)

Walker Kessler Auburn University

Coach Awards NABC Division I Coach of the Year – Tommy Lloyd, University of Arizona NABC Division II Coach of the Year – Ben McCollum, Northwest Missouri State University NABC Division III Coach of the Year – Josh Merkel, Randolph-Macon College 2022 NABC Freshman of the Year

NABC NAIA Coach of the Year – Stacy Hollowell, Loyola University-New Orleans

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NABC Junior College Coach of the Year – John Pigatti, South Suburban College

Jabari Smith

Auburn University

Player Awards NABC Division I Player of the Year – Oscar Tshiebwe, University of Kentucky NABC Division II Player of the Year – Trevor Hudgins, NW Missouri State University NABC Division III Player of the Year – Ryan Turell, Yeshiva University NABC NAIA Player of the Year – Zach Wrightsil, Loyola University-New Orleans NABC Two-Year College Player of the Year – Damarco Minor, South Suburban College NABC Defensive Player of the Year (presented by Marriott Bonvoy) – Walker Kessler, Auburn University NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Years – Oscar Tshiebwe, University of Kentucky NABC Freshman of the Year (presented by adidas) – Jabari Smith, Auburn University

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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Class of 2022 Revealed Nine college basketball icons who collectively impacted the sport as players, coaches and contributors have been selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

The Class of 2022 will be enshrined on November 20 in Kansas City as part of National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Weekend, which also features the annual Hall of Fame Classic tournament.

Making up the Class of 2022 are players Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, Larry Miller of North Carolina, Frank Selvy of Furman, and the late Jimmy Walker of Providence, along with coaches John Beilein, Jerry Krause and Lon Kruger.

They are joined by championship-winning coaches Jim Calhoun and Roy Williams, who will be formally honored in the Class of 2022 after initially being recognized as part of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame’s Founding Class in 2006.

In a career that began at the high school level and spanned more than four decades, John Beilein won 829 college games spread over stops at Erie Community College, Nazareth, Le Moyne, Canisius, Richmond, West Virginia and Michigan. The winningest coach in Michigan history, he made a total of 20 trips to NCAA postseasons and won multiple conference Coach of the Year honors.

Beilein’s career was headlined by a pair of Final Four appearances at Michigan - in 2013 and a run to the 2018 national title game. After departing UM in 2019, he spent one season coaching the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.

With national championships at Connecticut in 1999, 2004 and 2011, Jim Calhoun is one of just six coaches in NCAA Division I history with three or more titles. After early years coaching high school basketball, Calhoun went on to win 920 career games at Northeastern, UConn and

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Saint Joseph – putting him sixth on the current NCAA all-divisions wins list. While at UConn, he reached 16 NCAA Tournaments and four Final Fours, and won 10 Big East regular season championships and seven Big East Tournaments. Calhoun concluded his career in 2021 after three-plus seasons launching the Saint Joseph program.

One of the top talents in Connecticut and Big East history, Richard Hamilton scored 2,036 points from 1996-99 – the second-most in school history. As a junior in 1998-99, Hamilton was a consensus first-team All-American, the Big East Player of the Year and the Final Four Most Outstanding Player after leading UConn to its first-ever national title. He was also the Big East Player of the Year in 1997-98 and was a two-time All-Big East First Team selection. Hamilton went on to play 14 seasons in the NBA, making three All-Star Games and winning an NBA title with the Pistons in 2004.

Jerry Krause has been an impactful leader on and off the court throughout his career. He spent 17 seasons as the head coach at Eastern Washington from 1967-85, winning 262 games and overseeing the Eagles’ transitions from the NAIA to NCAA Division II and ultimately to Division I. Krause later spent 20 years in operations roles at Gonzaga, helping build the program into a national power. He has been a pioneer in basketball research and coaching education, for which he was honored with the NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Advocacy in 2003.

Krause is also a former member of the NABC Board of Directors and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee and was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2000.

Lon Kruger holds the distinction of being the first Division I coach to lead five different programs to the NCAA Tournament. From 1982 until his retirement in 2021, Kruger amassed 674 wins, ranking among the top 40 in Division I history. He made 20 total NCAA Tournament appearances at Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV and NABC

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Oklahoma after starting his college career at what is now UTRGV. He made two Final Fours – in 1994 with Florida and in 2016 with Oklahoma – and was a fourtime conference Coach of the Year. Kruger also held NBA head and assistant coaching jobs with the Hawks and Knicks and continues to serve the sport through his role as chair of the Coaches vs. Cancer Council.

A star on Dean Smith’s first two Final Four teams at North Carolina, Larry Miller is one of just three players in ACC history to win ACC Player of the Year and ACC Tournament MVP in consecutive seasons. From 1965-68, Miller scored 1,982 points, a mark that remains in the top 10 of the Tar Heel record book. He was a consensus firstteam All-American in 1968, earned first-team All-America honors in 1967 and is one of only three UNC players to average 20 points or more in three different seasons.

Miller went on to play seven seasons in the ABA, where in 1972 he set a league record with 67 points in a game.

From 1951-54, Furman’s Frank Selvy piled up points like few players have in college basketball history. He led NCAA Division I in scoring both as a junior with 29.5 points per game and as a senior with an average of 41.7, and overall averaged 32.5 points over his threeyear career. Most notably, Selvy scored 100 points on 41-of-66 shooting against Newberry on Feb. 13, 1954 – a scoring mark that has yet to be matched in Division I. He was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year, a three-time All-SoCon First Team selection, and a consensus All-American in 1954. Selvy was the top pick in the 1954 NBA Draft by the Baltimore Bullets and made two NBA All-Star Teams in nine professional seasons.

three-time All-East selection, a consensus All-American as a junior and senior, and the 1967 Eastern Player of the Year. His 2,045 career points are third-most in Friars history, and his scoring average of 30.4 points per game as a senior led the nation and is the program’s highest single-season average. The Detroit Pistons selected Walker No. 1 overall in the 1967 NBA Draft, and he made NBA All-Star Game appearances in 1970 and 1972. Walker passed away in 2007 at the age of 63.

Roy Williams is one of the most accomplished coaches in the history of the sport. Originally a high school coach, Williams got his first head college job at Kansas in 1988, where he won 418 games in 15 seasons. He returned to his alma mater North Carolina in 2003, and over 18 seasons led the Tar Heels to 485 victories – making him the only coach in college basketball history to win 400 games at two schools. Williams’ UNC teams captured national championships in 2005, 2009 and 2017, and he led Kansas and Carolina to a combined nine Final Fours. He earned nine national Coach of the Year honors and nine conference Coach of the Year awards prior to retiring in 2021, and his 903 career wins are the third-most in history by a Division I coach.

Details on tickets for the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Induction Celebration will be announced soon. For more information on the event, visit www.halloffameweekend.com.

Jimmy Walker was an all-around standout at Providence from 1964-67. Walker averaged 25.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game over his three years, leading PC to two NCAA Tournaments and an NIT berth. He was a NABC

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Coaches vs. Cancer

Suits And Sneakers Set the Screen Campaign Coaches Teaming with CEOs Against Cancer, Coaches vs. Cancer is undertaking one of its most aggressive campaigns in recent memory - and we need your commitment. We are recruiting 100 coaches - from every level - to team with a CEO/business leader in your local market for the Suits And Sneakers Set the Screen campaign during the upcoming season.

Set the Screen will allow us to use our Suits And Sneakers platform to drive greater awareness of the fight against cancer, promote screenings, address health equity and raise funds in our communities.

The Game Plan: Each participating coach will ask a CEO partner in his community to join the Set the Screen campaign. Each partner CEO will commit to contribute/raise at least $5,000 for the American Cancer Society. This is a realistic goal for markets of all sizes and there will be various levels of engagement that work best for the CEO/organization. (See more details on the following page.)

Our goal is to conclude each coach’s time commitment (recording videos with partner CEO, etc.) prior to the start of your season. We will communicate early and often. For now, we need your commitment to be one of those 100 coaches, and we need your designated staff/contact person and his/her contact information. If you have questions or are interested in being a Set the Screen coach, reach out to lonkruger12@gmail.com, natalie.morrison@cancer.org or amy.rohrer@cancer.org.

Please use your platform to save lives by committing to be a part of the Suits And Sneakers Set The Screen campaign. Our teammates in life are depending on it. Thank you.

Lon Kruger Chair, Coaches vs. Cancer Council

Did you know that screenings for cancer dropped by 90% in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in underserved communities? This has lead to decreased cancer diagnoses and treatment and is expected to result in thousands of preventable deaths.

Warner Baxter Vice Chair, Coaches vs. Cancer Council Executive Chairman, Ameren Corporation

Over 85 coaches are already confirmed to participate! Are you in?

Mark Adams, Texas Tech; Dana Altman, Oregon; Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Chris Beard, Texas; John Becker, Vermont; Tad Boyle, Colorado; Mike Boynton, Oklahoma State; Mike Brey, Notre Dame; Pat Chambers, Florida Gulf Coast; Zac Claus, Idaho; Chris Collins, Northwestern; Chris Crutchfield, Omaha; Carson Cunningham, Incarnate Wood; Johnny Dawkins, Central Florida; Ed DeChellis, Navy; Jamie Dixon, TCU; Steve Donahue, Penn; Scott Drew, Baylor; Fran Dunphy, La Salle; Brian Dutcher, San Diego State; Brian Earl, Cornell; Andy Enfield, USC; Kim English, George Mason; Matt Figger, UTRGV; Dana Ford, Missouri State; Mark Fox, Cal; Todd Golden, Florida; Anthony Grant, Dayton; Earl Grant, Boston College; Jerod Haase, Stanford; Mitch Henderson, Princeton; Steve Henson, UTSA; Pete Herrmann, Young Harris (retired); Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska; Chris Holtmann, Ohio State; Bobby Hurley, ASU; Justin Hutson, Fresno State; Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa; James Jones, Yale; Jeff Jones, Old Dominion; Greg Kampe, Oakland; Kevin Kruger, UNLV; Matt Langel, Colgate; Steve Lavin, San Diego; Michael Lewis, Ball State; Jeff Linder, Wyoming; Ryan Looney, Idaho State; Matt Lottich, Valparaiso; Bob Marlin, Louisiana; Frank Martin, UMass; Mike Martin, Brown; Fran McCaffery, Iowa; Robert McCullum, Florida A&M; Greg McDermott, Creighton; Mike McGrath, Chicago; Ritchie McKay, Liberty; Niko Medved, Colorado State; Marvin Menzies, UMKC; Tim Miles, San Jose State; Wes Miller, Cincinnati; Paul Mills, Oral Roberts; Chris Mooney, Richmond; Porter Moser, Oklahoma; Chris Murphy, Union College; Nate Oats, Alabama; Matt Painter, Purdue; Leonard Perry, Pacific; Richard Pitino, New Mexico; Steve Prohm, Murray State; Brett Reed, Lehigh; Bob Richey, Furman; Dave Richman, North Dakota State; Kelvin Sampson, Houston; Mark Schmidt, St. Bonaventure; Bill Self, Kansas; Todd Simon, Southern Utah; Tubby Smith, High Point (retired); Zach Spiker, Drexel; Gary Stewart, Stevenson; Tony Stubblefield, DePaul; Jerome Tang, Kansas State; Brad Underwood, Illinois; Drew Valentine, Loyola Chicago; Chris Victor, Seattle; Mike White, Georgia; Roy Williams, North Carolina (retired) and Jay Young (Fairfield).

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Set the Screen is a multi-faceted campaign focused on the importance of cancer screening Set the Screen integrates Coaches with a CEO (or multiple CEOs) in their respective markets by partnering together to film video spots for social media, PSA's, in-game promotions, email messaging to the CEO's employees, etc. encouraging getting screenings scheduled By committing to participate in Set the Screen, a Coach will: select one CEO to partner with When the CEO commits, they are committing to a $5K company contribution to CvC send a templated email to that CEO (it is already written for you!) film scripted videos with the CEO sometime in October (mutually agreed upon date) wear your suit with your sneakers during the week of January 23rd.

Suits And Sneakers still has the same elements you as coaches are familiar with - wearing your sneakers with your suit during your game(s) scheduled the week of January 23rd. The addition of the Set the Screen campaign adds: very targeted messaging about cancer screening which impacts health equity a fundraising component to raise at minimum a half-million dollars engagement in your community via corporate and employee engagement

To commit contact: Amy Rohrer - amy.rohrer@cancer.org - 608.886.0143

NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTER AGAIN EXTENDS COVID-19 WAIVER RELIEF Given the continuing impact of COVID-19 on the educational environment, the NCAA Eligibility Center has once again partnered with the NCAA membership to identify adjustments to the initial-eligibility certification process. In April, the Eligibility Center announced adjustments to the eligibility process for students who initially enroll full time in an NCAA Division I or II school during the 2023-24 academic year.

This release of the EC’s COVID-19 Automatic Waiver omits the requirement of an ACT or SAT score be on file for seniors graduating Spring 2023. To qualify, student-athletes must also meet the following criteria: For student-athletes planning to play for an NCAA Division I school* Complete 16 NCAA-approved core course units prior to graduations; Meet the core-course progression requirement for NCAAapproved core courses (10 core units, seven of which must be in English, math or science) before start of their seventh semester; and Present a 2.300 or higher core-course GPA in such courses.

For student-athletes planning to play for an NCAA Division II school* Complete 16 NCAA-approved core course units prior to graduations; and Present a 2.200 or higher core-course GPA in such courses.

The following chart outlines the requirements for students who have recently graduated as well as those graduating from high school in 2023.

College-bound student-athletes who meet criteria will be able to receive athletic aid, practice and compete upon arriving at their NCAA Division I or Division II campus. Since the Eligibility Center released the first COVID-19 Automatic Waiver in April of 2020, more than 130,250 college-bound student-athletes have qualified for and received this waiver. Please note that the COVID-19 Automatic Waiver applies only for students who are expected to graduate after Spring/Summer 2023. All other students who are graduating after this time are expected to have an ACT or SAT score on file as part of their initial-eligibility requirements. Students can request the testing agency send their scores directly to the Eligibility Center using code 9999. The Eligibility Center cannot accept test scores submitted by the student or their school, or scores included on an unofficial or official transcript. They must be submitted by the testing agency directly to be accepted for review as part of the initial-eligibility process.

For student-athletes who do not meet the criteria for the COVID-19 Automatic Waiver but present 10 core-course units prior to the start of their seventh semester and have at least a 2.0 GPA in those courses, they will receive a partially approved waiver providing the benefits of Academic Redshirt (DI) status at the time of final certification.

If neither set of COVID-19 Automatic Waiver criteria is met, the student should continue to work toward meeting legislated Division I or II initial-eligibility requirements and submit all transcripts, test scores and proof of graduation to the Eligibility Center.

A student-athlete can find out if they qualify for either waiver by checking their status within their Eligibility Center account. For more information on the Eligibility Center’s COVID-19 response, please visit on.ncaa.com/COVID19_Spring2023. A list of released updates can be viewed by visiting on.ncaa.com/EC_COVID.

Did you know?

In January 2022, NCAA Division III passed legislation requiring incoming international student-athletes enrolling fall 2023 and beyond to have their amateurism status certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center. Students can register at eligibilitycenter.org beginning September 1, 2022. Please watch for additional information about this new certification for Division III international student-athletes in the Eligibility Center’s Coaches Newsletter. If you aren’t receiving this newsletter, please sign up at on.ncaa.com/CoachesNews.

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Stacy Hollowell, Head Coach, Loyola University-New Orleans 2021-22 NAIA National Champion, 2021-22 NABC NAIA Coach of the Year

Sometimes things go perfectly as planned. As most coaches know, in a basketball season, you are almost guaranteed to see a few curve balls. This one was a different kind of special!

During the 2020-21 season we lost our starting point guard about midway through the season.

Our backup point guard helped us make a run to the final eight of the NAIA National Tournament that year but with about eight minutes left in regulation he had an injury that sent him to the hospital. Our guys fought hard, and we were able to take the game to double OT but eventually lost by 5 to a really good Lewis Clark State team that made it to the championship game.

Our whole team left the game hurt and I told them after the game to remember that feeling. I didn’t want them to forget it. We knew we had the pieces to compete and we felt like we had left a national championship on the table.

We entered the 2021-22 season with hopes of making another deep tournament run. The addition of some new key players, added to what we already had, gave us the confidence and belief that we had a chance to win a national title. During our first team meeting I told the guys that it seemed like every year we had to evacuate during the second weekend of school because of a hurricane and that they needed to have a plan in place for where they would go just in case. Sure enough, on the second weekend, we evacuated for Hurricane Ida. The media build up of the storm was enough to get most people moving early. I asked our guys to leave early Thursday morning August 26th after hearing news on the radio that the gas stations were running out of gas. About half of our team evacuated to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The other half went home. My family evacuated to Kiln, MS thinking we had moved far enough to the east to miss

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the majority of the weather. But on August 29th, as we sat in the pantry for what would be our 14th tornado warning, I was watching a live YouTube stream of the storm in downtown New Orleans. You could see the extreme gusts of wind and the occasional piece of sheet metal blowing through the air. I knew then that when we returned to New Orleans we were in for a very different experience.

We were called back to campus on September 20th if I recall correctly. Brett had been working with some of the local schools to find places for our athletic teams to practice. We will always be grateful for Delgado Community College, Xavier University, and Tulane University who were able to accommodate our practice times. Tulane’s Devlin Fieldhouse became our home court for three and a half months and by mid-January we were able to rent a court from the Ponchartrain Center in Kenner, LA to use in our gym.

Two days later I was sent a video of the roof blowing off of our gym. On the fourth day after the storm, I got a call from our Athletic Director, Brett Simpson.

He said we were allowed to return to campus to recover some of our things. When I arrived cleaning crews had been working to get all of the water off of the floor. One of the workers said that every time they thought they had all of the water off of the floor more would show up. When they opened up the floor, they realized there was another two inches of water trapped beneath the court. Every board in the gym was warped from wall to wall. At that point there were plenty of questions. Were we going to be able to have a season? Were we going to be able to have a school year? When would we be able to return to the city? How long would it take for power to come on?

We started the season 16-0 and had a convincing NCAA DI exhibition win that was an affirmation of what we believed we were capable of doing.

Around mid-December Covid started hitting teams, including ours, and we had a number of cancelled or postponed games. Uncertainty can certainly be a distraction if you let it but this group learned a lot about controlling what they could control from the previous Covid-shortened season. In mid-January we took our only loss of the year. We would go on to win the next 21 games in a row but nothing during this season came without some sort of unforeseen hurdle popping up. We were in a tight race for the regular season conference championship. We were 25-1 going into the last weekend of conference play but our game against Talladega earlier in the year had been postponed. The final weekend required us to drive from New Orleans to Tuscaloosa on Wednesday, play Stillman on Thursday (which got postponed because of a tornado that passed just to the side of our hotel), travel to Blue Mountain, MS on Friday, play on Saturday, and then travel back to Talladega, AL to play on Sunday. Talladega had two conference losses, we had one, and they held the tiebreaker.

Fortunately, we were able to get out of there with a win and a conference championship. The next week we played Talladega again for the conference tournament championship in what was our third matchup of the year.

I told Brett that I thought we needed to get our guys together as soon as possible and I proposed that we hold a training camp in Dallas given that most of our guys had gone that direction. He asked me to put together a Covid plan and a budget. And with a lot of amazing help, we were able to organize the trip pretty quickly. We were able to practice at the Mark Cuban Center in Dallas for ten days. A number of people and organizations chipped in to help feed the team. And with that we were off to a very uncertain start. How long would we be there? When would we be going back to school? If we do go back, where would we practice and play games? What if we just did school virtually and stayed in Dallas for the year?

We had a lot of questions and not many answers.

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At the national tournament in Kansas City, we were hit with a stomach bug. Two guys were hospitalized and a third was very sick. Our starting PG was unable to play the round of 8 game and we were very fortunate to sneak by a very talented and wellcoached College of Idaho team. Three days later we would match up against Talladega in the national championship game-our fourth matchup of the year.

The resolve that our guys showed throughout the season is still something I haven’t really come to terms with. They were courageous, they had a deep belief in what we could achieve, they controlled what they could control, minimized distractions, and they didn’t let anything stand in their way. What an unbelievable season! 37-1 and a National Championship for Loyola University New Orleans.

Following eight seasons as head coach at Loyola University-New Orleans, Hollowell departed to join the men’s basketball staff at Ole Miss as associate athletic director for men’s basketball, working with head coach Kermit Davis. He left the Wolf Pack after winning the NAIA National Championship, topping Talladega 71-56 in the final. Hollowell had a win-loss record of 166-78 at Loyola, just seven wins away from the school record. He also broke a 71-year postseason drought and guided the Wolf Pack to the NAIA National Tournament in five of his final six years as head coach.

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2v2 Appropriate Head Coach Josh Merkel Randolph-Macon College 2021-22 NCAA Division III National Champion 2021-22 NABC Division III Coach of the Year Over the past four years our program has experienced some success and there are many components that go into winning at a consistent level. Staying healthy, getting better every day, staying fresh, watching film, and playing fearlessly to name a few. One thing that has helped our guys improve is what we call self-awareness drills. We believe self-awareness is a superpower and it allows guys to embrace their roles, understand shot selection, and help us play together in a fun way. Think of a time you were the best player and the other four guys kept turning it over or jacking shots (it is no fun)!

One of our staple drills that covers both offensive and defensive decision making is what we call 2v2 Appropriate. This is a decision-making environment.

WHY DO WE LOVE THIS DRILL: • Players must talk to each other. Empowered to own their matchup • Players must find solutions • They learn that certain defenders don’t need as much help • They learn their strengths and weaknesses as defenders (We always want them playing to strengths) • Constant fight for vision and position • Must finish with a block out and/or pursuit of the ball • Could be multiple closeouts and decisions in a single possession • Small-sided games means more touches, more mistakes, more reflection, more learning The ball starts with coach at the top of the key. Offense starts in the corners and fires up to catch the ball. Defense starts on the blocks and can move as soon as the offense moves. Coach throws to either offensive player and they should have a slight advantage because the defense is in a longer closeout. The best offensive players will be hard to guard in this drill. We are purposely making the drill harder than what they may see in a game. It is hard for 2 players to cover this much space when playing

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talented offensive players. If the offense scores, gets to the paint easily, gets a shot off with no contest or gets an offensive rebound, the defense must stay. The defense must earn their way out by turning over the offense or getting a defensive rebound. You can make the drill even harder by playing personnel a certain way and making sure they run a “Curry” shooter off the line.

Why do we call it appropriate help? Too many times, guys try to be a hero when the defensive player is not truly beat. He was going to force the offense into a tough two and yet the off-ball defender lunged or fell asleep or pretends to help but is making things easier for the offense with fake help.

We like to split the teams in 2 and make it competitive.

We like for the defense to get three stops in a row before getting out. The one other way they can get out is if the offense turns it over. This small rule also creates awareness for players about the value of each possession and they begin to see who is turnover prone.

We say there is no way you should turn it over in 2on2.

You should get a shot every time!

This drill has become a staple for our program and for the growth of our players. It can be a lot of fun while being very demanding. Please email me if you have questions or I can help… joshmerkel@rmc.edu Since being named head coach at Randolph-Macon in 2015, Josh Merkel has led the Yellow Jackets to sustained success not only in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) but in all of Division III basketball. In the 20212022 season, RMC raised the bar to new heights, winning the NCAA Division III National Championship with a 7545 win over Elmhurst College. The Yellow Jackets won their last 27 games of the season, finishing with a 33-1 won-lost record. Merkel earned honors as 2022 NABC Division III Coach of the Year, 2022 National Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com, and was the recipient of the 2022 Glenn Robinson Award for the second straight year as the top Division III head coach. Merkel’s wonlost record in seven seasons at Randolph-Macon is 14838 and 214-79 overall, including four seasons as head coach at Salisbury.

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Dip Metress Head Coach at Augusta University Runner-up in 2022 NCAA Division II Championship Twenty-six years is a long time to do anything, especially being a Head Coach at any level in any sport. Here are 26 bullet points on what I have learned being a Head Coach: • You don’t necessarily earn your first head coaching job someone gives it to you.

• I am thankful for the opportunity Dr. Mike Reidy took on me by giving me my first head coaching gig as a 29-year-old at Belmont Abbey.

• You better replace yourself; find staff that will do the things you used to do.

• Each member of your coaching staff should be able to bring something to the table that you can’t or don’t anymore.

• Emphasize communication from beginning of practice.

• If they aren’t counting in warmups, they won’t call out ball screens.

• Start practice on time and I believe in coaches having whistles.

• Side note on whistles, they should only be used to stop play.

There is such thing as blowing a whistle too much.

• You must have a presence on the floor.

• If when you say something in practice, everyone isn’t looking at you, you have a problem.

• Don’t talk too much.

• Your players will be sick of your voice by the time you reach March. Save yours for when it is needed.

• Demand that your assistant coaches coach in practice.

• They shouldn’t be thinking of their Walmart lists during practice.

• DO NOT DO the same drills every day.

• It is ok to make up a drill to emphasize a fundamental skill you are reinforcing.

• With that being said, don’t make it up on the fly. Always have a plan.

• Change up how you do possession work.

• Do it off of FTs, BLOBs, SLOBs, special situations etc.

• Play every drill and possession until there is a rebound.

• Do NOT let players sit down in practice.

• Pace of practice is # 1 priority.

• If your players aren’t taking game reps at game speed, how do you expect for them to be successful when the lights turn on?

• Address missed layups, turnovers, shot selection and mental mistakes daily.

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• Hold your team to high standards at all times. Don’t give players days off from being accountable on this front.

•E nd practice on a positive note.

• Teach offense and defense in a whole-part-whole method.

• Don’t be married to a system of play; adjust to your personnel.

• Sometimes it’s not about the X’s and O’s, but it’s about the Johnny’s and Joe’s.

• Guarding the ball is important but your help principals might be more important.

• Don’t be afraid to play zone; have your players comfortable playing against any defense.

• You must have a plan of guarding ball screens and the 3-point line.

• S pecial Situations occur so you better be prepared.

•B e a lifelong learner.

•R ead. Read biographies, nonfiction books, books about basketball, about coaching, about football, whatever it may be, just read.

• T ake time to watch other teams practice.

•Y ou can learn what to do and what not to do.

• As we get older the players stay the same age; evolve or perish.

• You will always be relying on 18–22-year-olds. Get used to it and learn how to work with them, not against them.

• T ell players when they do something right.

• The biggest mistake we make as coaches is not being positive with our players enough.

• Fight for the best for your players every day. They’re what makes coaching worth it.

Dip Metress celebrated his 26th season as a head coach by leading Augusta University to the NCAA Division II National Championship game. The Jags, who had the highest win total of a Metress coached team with a 34-3 won-lost record, were edged by defending Division II champion Northwest Missouri State, 67-58.

The recipient of numerous coach of the year honors throughout his career, Metress was the head coach at Belmont Abbey for eight seasons before moving on to Augusta. He has guided the Jags to 401 wins with 147 losses in his 18 seasons at Augusta and his overall won-lost record is 535-340. The 2021-22 season was the third time the Jags won at least 30 games and the second time Augusta was runner-up in the NCAA Division II National Championship game.

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By Dave Archer, Executive Director, National High School Basketball Coaches Association INTRODUCTORY The NHSBCA is always on a journey to improve and serve the game, the players and the coaches. Mirroring the rest of our society, the profession of being a high school basketball coach is encountering unprecedented situations and challenges.

Challenges to the game of basketball in general and specifically to scholastic basketball and coaches are numerous. Everything that happens to the game at the college level has a trickle down effect to the high school level. Some challenges include - Dealing with unrealistic parents - re-structuring of the NCAA - Name, Image and Likeness guidelines - Transfer Portal effect on recruiting of high school players - recruiting landscape – number of states are changing/altering the framework of education – Elite programs - players transferring high schools - high school professional leagues - rapid turnover of high school coaches - will scholastic basketball and coaches as we know it be able to survive – unsupportive school administration – no more “lifers” in scholastic coaching – and many more NHSBCA’s has guiding thoughts to focus on as the journey continues.

1. D o no harm to other states basketball coaches associations clinics and activities.

2. I ntentional focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

3. P romote the value of coaching high school basketball.

4. S tress the value of the high school team experience for student athletes.

5. A ggressively advocate for what is good for high school coaches and players.

6. P romote professional behavior of basketball coaches and a national Code of Ethics.

7. D evelop the narrative of scholastic basketball and coaching.

8. E nhance the NHSBCA basketball footprint nationally.

9. T he value of sincere collaboration.

10. B e Ready, Be Aware.

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UPDATES The NHSBCA Second Annual High School Coaches Leadership Summit was held at the end of April. Valuable sessions by high school and college coaches on “non X + 0” topics gave coaches the chance to reflect and to celebrate their work. The event was very well attended and planning is underway for next year’s version.

Summer 2022 NHSBCA Conference in Indianapolis State Basketball Leaders and Representatives from almost every state will gather in Indianapolis in early July. This three-day conference provides the opportunity to tackle important issues in groups and by the total Board in person.

Collaboration is key as we develop our goals and work plans for the next year. The Annual Court of Honor luncheon and excursions to basketball sites of interest round out the conference.

WHEN September 14, 2022 WHERE 167 Green Street, Chicago, IL 60607 TIME 6pm Reception 7pm Dinner/Program

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Seeking a more active role within the NABC Discussion are ongoing with the NABC to work collaboratively on some issues and programs of mutual interest. The NHSBCA would like to have a presence on some of the NABC Committees. Scholastic coaches have a significant amount of experience and expertise in many aspects of the game. The high school coaches are not seeking to be voting members but could be a valuable resource by providing the high school perspective. Collaboration would be helpful in the planning of dates and sites for coaching clinics. An extremely important issue that would help is to work jointly on the Mental Health of coaches and players. Also working together to address Diversity, Equity and Inclusion would be beneficial. The NHSBCA will be seeking similar opportunities with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

The NHSBCA is proud of the work of high school coaches.

Their role is comprehensive and goes way beyond the court in the overall development of the student athlete.

LON KRUGER First NCAA Division I Coach to Lead Five Different Programs to the NCAA Division I Championship Tournament

WILLIAM “REGGIE” MINTON Head Basketball Coach, United States Air Force Academy Deputy Executive Director, National Association of Basketball Coaches

About the NHSBCA The NHSBCA unites and organizes coaches from all 50 states, in addition to Washington, DC. The NHSBCA also serves as the High School Congress for the NABC. The NHSBCA is the national voice for high school basketball coaches, working to foster high standards of professionalism and to support coaches. Although the 50 states and DC have a wide variety of differences in rules, guidelines, the state representatives work collaboratively to improve scholastic basketball and scholastic basketball coaches. The NHSBCA Board of Directors meets 4 times each year. The Executive Board meets monthly and the Operations Committee meets on an almost weekly basis. The NHSBCA is highly organized following Standard Operating Procedures, Financial Operating Procedures, Strategic Plan, Action Items and also making use of Geographic Regional Committees. For additional information about the NHSBCA, visit www.NHSBCA.org.

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ROY WILLIAMS Hall of Fame Head Basketball Coach, University of Kansas and University of North Carolina

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